Stardust Oracle

The wind on Xylos-7 isn't just cold; it's a crystalline whip, scouring the derelict prospecting outpost where Kaelen Vance clings to existence. Stranded light-years from any help, his only company the groaning metal of his wrecked star-skiff and the shimmering, poisonous flora. He’d come seeking fortune, but found only ruin, trapped on this forgotten rim-world where every breath is a calculated risk. Just as despair threatened to become his last companion, a damaged piece of tech in his suit, a relic of a long-dead AI, flickered to life. It wasn't a voice, but a stream of data: fragmented, seemingly random, yet chillingly prescient. [Atmospheric pressure drop imminent. Shelter immediately; corrosive storm will breach habitation seals in 7.3 minutes.] [Subterranean tremors detect an awakening burrow-beast in Sector Gamma, converging on your position within the hour.] [Ancient precursor artifact at coordinates 147.2, -33.9 radiates an energy signature. Contact will trigger dormant defense systems.] [A distress signal, faint but real, will arrive from the outer system in 1.4 cycles. It carries a plague.] This "Stardust Oracle" became his grim compass, mapping out a future he never asked for, in a galaxy that had forgotten him. With each chilling prediction, Kaelen finds himself not merely surviving, but unraveling the secrets of Xylos-7 and a cosmic narrative far grander and more terrifying than he ever imagined.